ADB Briefs
ADB Briefs are based on papers or notes prepared by ADB staff and their resource persons. The series is designed to provide concise, nontechnical accounts of policy issues of topical interest, with a view to facilitating informed debate.
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Inclusive Service Delivery for Persons with Disabilities in Mongolia
The Ensuring Inclusiveness and Service Delivery for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) project in Mongolia aims to ensure access to improved services, employment opportunities, and more support through social welfare reform for PWDs. -
Toward Adopting a Skills Development Fund for Cambodia
Cambodia’s new technical and vocational education and training (TVET) policy aims to promote public–private partnerships and mobilize resources to support TVET. A key strategy is to set up a national skills development fund. -
Cambodia’s New Technical and Vocational Education and Training Policy
This policy brief summarizes Cambodia’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Policy 2017-2025 which will guide the formulation and implementation of strategies for skills development in the country. -
Building Capacity for Geo-Enabling Health Information Systems: Supporting Equitable Health Services and Well-Being for All
Effective management and use of geospatial data and technologies can support efforts in achieving universal health coverage in almost every country in Asia and the Pacific. -
Reducing Youth Not in Employment, Education, or Training through JobStart Philippines
Investing in the employment of young people helps realize the potential of human capital in terms of wealth and savings, leading to huge economic and also ultimately, social gains. -
Food Security in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific Countries: Prospects of Fisheries Development Strategies
Rural communities in the Pacific that rely on fishing for subsistence and income face serious risks due to the degradation of coastal ecosystems, overharvesting, and climate change. -
20 Years After the Asian Financial Crisis: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges
This brief revisits lessons from the Asian financial crisis, examines the emerging challenges that could undermine future financial stability, and concludes with some policy considerations. -
2017 Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey
This brief discusses the 2017 ADB Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Jobs Survey which quantifies global market gaps for trade finance and the impact on growth and jobs. -
The Trade Finance Program and Its Role in Lifting Impediments to Trade
This brief looks at the trade enhancement potential of fintech, issues that need to be addressed to bridge gaps in trade finance, and implications for banks around the world. -
Closing the Gap: Potential Contribution of Social Assistance for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
This brief discusses the fiscal requirements to meet the social protection-related targets of SDGs, particularly for social assistance programs in ADB’s 16 developing member countries in Asia.